Speaker 1: Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Jenny Mack with your
Speaker 1: daily comedy news. Bert Praiser has been on a little
Speaker 1: bit of good pr run. He appears in People's new
Speaker 1: YouTube series Roast by Life, and he told a story
Speaker 1: about going to a quote very expensive dentist in Beverly Hills. Now,
Speaker 1: sometimes Bert tells a story, and I'm not sure I
Speaker 1: quite believe the story, perhaps possibly maybe exaggerated for comedic effect,
Speaker 1: But as the story goes, Bert was at the dentist
Speaker 1: with his daughter, Georgia. She's now twenty. This story happened
Speaker 1: when Georgia was four and poor Georgia broke her jaw.
Speaker 1: Bert explains, they had to put Georgia under anesthesia, noting,
Speaker 1: and they told me, you know, we can't find a vein.
Speaker 1: We need you to put her under. And I was like,
Speaker 1: I'm thirty five years old. I don't know what I'm doing.
Speaker 1: I'm a brand new dad. I go, baby, we're gonna
Speaker 1: put the gas off your face and you're gonna breathe
Speaker 1: even lee, You're gonna go to sleep. And then Georgia,
Speaker 1: four years old, looks up at me and goes, what
Speaker 1: if I don't wake up? And I was like, great question.
Speaker 1: I look at the doctors and I said to these dentists,
Speaker 1: I go, she dies, do we bring the body home
Speaker 1: with us? And they're like, whoa, what are you talking about?
Speaker 1: Bert says he started panicking. I start crying uncontrollably. I
Speaker 1: go to the waiting room and crying so bad. People
Speaker 1: in the waiting room are freaking out. They're watching a
Speaker 1: grown man's sob. His wife, Leanne's crying. There's a kid
Speaker 1: with his dad who's like, Dad, you said it wasn't
Speaker 1: going to be that bad. Bert remembers a woman trying
Speaker 1: to soothe me and make eye contact. After ten minutes,
Speaker 1: the dentist shows up and says Georgia was fine. Everyone
Speaker 1: celebrated with applause. Leanne's got Georgia in her lap, Georgia's
Speaker 1: got caught. She's still asleep. I'm standing watching. All of
Speaker 1: a sudden, the door opens to that room. It's the
Speaker 1: same woman from earlier in the story. Remember that woman,
Speaker 1: and you know who it is. It's Whitney Houston. And
Speaker 1: Bert says, Whitney paid for the whole thing. This is
Speaker 1: you know, a long time ago. Bert's not a famous comedian.
Speaker 1: She paid for the whole thing. We didn't have the money,
Speaker 1: and Whitney Houston, God Rest her soul took care of us.
Speaker 1: Cameron Asposito has a new stand up special out today
Speaker 1: pills on the streaming platform Dropout That's the former College Humor.
Speaker 1: Cameron guides the audience on a surreal journey through the
Speaker 1: ups and downs of her bipolar disorder diagnosis, with detours
Speaker 1: to talk about marriage, divinity, school, and one extremely unlucky dog. Oh.
Speaker 1: Cameron says, when you do this job, the number one
Speaker 1: thing people say is I don't know how you can
Speaker 1: do the jobs. Man. Stand Up's my biggest fear, and
Speaker 1: I've always said, well, it's not my biggest fear. Stephen
Speaker 1: Rogers' new special is out today as well. Half of
Speaker 1: We will premiere on Nate Berghetzi's YouTube channel. Produced by
Speaker 1: Nate and Brian Reagan, the new hour sees Stephen Rogers
Speaker 1: blend wit and vulnerability as he shares relatable mishaps, personal struggles,
Speaker 1: and stories from his engagement, all building to a shocking twist.
Speaker 1: Should you tell the audience there's a shocking twist coming?
Speaker 1: Like can't we just I know, I just ruined it,
Speaker 1: but I'm just reading the press release. They want you
Speaker 1: to know there's a shocking twist, But like, I don't
Speaker 1: know if you want to see one of those m
Speaker 1: night movies back in the day. Now we all know
Speaker 1: the gimmick, but you know when you first went to
Speaker 1: see one, do you want everyone going, Hey, there's a
Speaker 1: shocking twist you're never gonna believe. I don't think you
Speaker 1: want to know. I always loved the phrasing and press
Speaker 1: releases in his career. So far, Rogers has opened for
Speaker 1: comedians such as Reagan, Joe List, Tompapa, Napergetzie, and Taylor Tomlinson,
Speaker 1: such as is such a fun wording. Camil and Gianni
Speaker 1: will be in the upcoming season of poker Face. He
Speaker 1: told the story, I just got a text from Natasha
Speaker 1: Leona on a Friday. Kamil and Natasha were on one
Speaker 1: of those famous people panels, you know, everybody's sitting at
Speaker 1: a table and the reporters asked them questions and then
Speaker 1: Vulture writes about it something like that. Yeah, Camel said,
Speaker 1: I just got a text from Natasha on a Friday,
Speaker 1: and you were like, hey, you want to be in
Speaker 1: poker Face on Thursday? And I was like, how long
Speaker 1: can I wait? So that it doesn't seem too desperate,
Speaker 1: Camille gave us a tease about what we could expect
Speaker 1: his character spoilers. He says, it was this cop and
Speaker 1: the Florida panhandle with tattoos and frosted hair, and his
Speaker 1: name was Gator Joe and his best friend is an alligator.
Speaker 1: I was like, did you send this one to me?
Speaker 1: By mistake? People don't see me and go, hey, that
Speaker 1: looks like a Florida cup. But adds I love playing
Speaker 1: Gator Joe. I love this guy. I had to shave
Speaker 1: my arms and legs to get tato on, and then
Speaker 1: I just walked around with all these tattoos. People were
Speaker 1: scared of me. Poker Face season two returns May eighth
Speaker 1: on Peacock Chelsea Handler, who once dated Joe Coy, who
Speaker 1: once hosted the Golden Globes and made a joke about
Speaker 1: Taylor Swift. But we're not doing that bit today. She says,
Speaker 1: if you travel with her, you better be ready to
Speaker 1: play by her rules. She said she once had to
Speaker 1: send a really severe letter to her entire extended family.
Speaker 1: Chelsea told Kimmel, I was like, listen, you have to
Speaker 1: make eye contact with every person that comes inside the house,
Speaker 1: whether you know them, whether they're cleaning your room, whether
Speaker 1: you have anything in common. You have to make eye
Speaker 1: contact with people and say hello, thank you, and acknowledge
Speaker 1: someone to standing there. And don't leave beer bottles under
Speaker 1: the deck. Don't drink the last margarita's without filling up
Speaker 1: the picture. There's a lot of finishing alcohol without replenishing
Speaker 1: the alcohol, because half of them are underage drinking our alcohol.
Speaker 1: This worked with her family. Chelsea said she sent the
Speaker 1: letter to friends as a template they could use on
Speaker 1: their own vacations. A couple months go by, I get
Speaker 1: the letter from someone. Someone emailed me and goes, hey,
Speaker 1: I just read this letter. This is a great letter
Speaker 1: for you to send to your family. And I'm like,
Speaker 1: it's my letter. I wrote it. That's a fun story.
Speaker 1: Dennis Leary is taking this Going Dutch sitcom very seriously,
Speaker 1: definitely much more seriously than I'm taking it. Remember this one,
Speaker 1: Dennis Leary plays Army Colonel Patrick Quinn who gets reassigned
Speaker 1: to a base on the Netherlands. Larry said, I know
Speaker 1: we're supposed to be funny, but we're also supposed to
Speaker 1: be soldiers. We're all dressed that way. Even if we're
Speaker 1: just in the hair and makeup trailer, generally we're in
Speaker 1: our uniforms. It's a constant reminder. He got seriously into
Speaker 1: his character and explains there are certain props the audience
Speaker 1: will never see that I want my character to have
Speaker 1: with him. In this case, there was a challenge coin
Speaker 1: I wanted made that comes from my character's background, back
Speaker 1: when the character was winning medals in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Speaker 1: The audience will never see it, but my character has
Speaker 1: it with him every day. Going Dutch filmed on a
Speaker 1: real Dutch army base, Lary says, there are jet planes,
Speaker 1: cargo planes, tanks, and there's real soldiers advising you off
Speaker 1: in the distance. They're really drooling for something. You feel
Speaker 1: really intimidated. Let's see what's happening at the comedy festivals.
Speaker 1: I guess we're starting in Mootower because that's the tab
Speaker 1: that I clicked first. Got all these tabs saved, and
Speaker 1: I just randomly clicked one seven o'clock May Martin's at
Speaker 1: the Paramount. Caitlyn Riley is at the State Theater with
Speaker 1: the wonderfully titled Kitlin Riley Bullies the audience, Paulie Shore
Speaker 1: at nine thirty. Guess my take there would be let's
Speaker 1: go see Kitlyn Riley and then grab some drinks in Nashville.
Speaker 1: Jim Jeffries at the Ryman at seven, Dan Cummins at
Speaker 1: Zany's Proper at seven, Jared Fried's at the Lab at seven,
Speaker 1: Pete Lee and Zanies at nine to fifteen. Caroline Benowitch homeschooled.
Speaker 1: The Freak is at the Lab at Zanie's at nine
Speaker 1: to fifteen, eleven o'clock Connor Larsen's Big Fun Riff Show.
Speaker 1: All right, you want some recommendations for me, gotta go
Speaker 1: see Jim Jeffries, he kills, and then for middle show,
Speaker 1: I guess Pete Lee and then let's see what this
Speaker 1: Connor Larson's thing is. The Riff Show is a show
Speaker 1: of completely improvised stand up comedy on the spot, in
Speaker 1: front of a live audience. Comedians have to be funny
Speaker 1: with whatever comes up. Okay, that could be fun. And
Speaker 1: it's only a sixteen dollars show. And where's my Travers
Speaker 1: City bookmark? Did I not bookmark it? We're going to
Speaker 1: have to use Google. Traver's City Comedy Festival they've got many,
Speaker 1: many shows. Tonight, I'll just read you the bigger ones.
Speaker 1: Six point thirty Jay Farrow seven o'clock a clean comedy showcase.
Speaker 1: At eight o'clock a roast Battle starring Kevin Johnson as
Speaker 1: your host, Brett Haydon as a judge, and Ella Horwdell
Speaker 1: as another judge. I'm not familiar with any of the
Speaker 1: comedians performing in the roast Battle, doesn't mean it's not funny.
Speaker 1: Nine o'clock Natasha lazerro at the Park plays Hotel, and
Speaker 1: at ten pm comedy karaoke. So I think out of
Speaker 1: those three, if you're making me pick, we are hanging
Speaker 1: in Nashville tonight. A lot of talk this week about
Speaker 1: Tony Hinchcliff, boy, who well from theborbedwire dot com we
Speaker 1: learn for a few years now, the Austin comedy scene
Speaker 1: has been dominated by a new ecosystem led by Joe
Speaker 1: Rogan and Tony Hinchcliff. The city's now nationally known as
Speaker 1: a haven for their style of say whatever crappy thing
Speaker 1: you want, It doesn't even need a punchline comedy. For
Speaker 1: these guys and their disciples who move here during the pandemic.
Speaker 1: The slur is the funny part. But that doesn't mean
Speaker 1: the old guard, the people who are doing stand up
Speaker 1: before twenty twenty, has gone away, and veteran Austin comic
Speaker 1: Duncan Carson is taking Austin back. He told The Barbed Wire.
Speaker 1: They just think anybody that laughs is an inherent good,
Speaker 1: and I'm like, not if it's a clan rally. Carson
Speaker 1: is launching a new late night show to showcase the
Speaker 1: city's old school comedy scene, signing off A Comedy Show
Speaker 1: for the End of the World runs Friday's at ten
Speaker 1: pm and Today's a Friday. Carson said, I think if
Speaker 1: you counted, I've hosted the most comedy shows in the
Speaker 1: history of the city. Maybe that means I'll never get famous,
Speaker 1: but it also means I never sold my soul. Carson explains,
Speaker 1: I don't want comedy that's like preachy or always that's
Speaker 1: a sports, social progress or something. Just don't be a monster.
Speaker 1: It's very easy to be funny without being mean. Comedy
Speaker 1: is inherently political, and I'm tired of us acting like
Speaker 1: it's not. The show's head writer Mendoza told The Board Wire,
Speaker 1: We're just trying to do what makes us laugh most
Speaker 1: of the time. I think all of us that work
Speaker 1: on the show have always tried to punch up rather
Speaker 1: than down. But adds Hingecliff is right. It only takes
Speaker 1: a minute to decide you're not a fan of somebody,
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Speaker 1: of site. But they interviewed comedian Chris Knight, who explained
Speaker 1: his comedic influences. Chris says, being in Australia, we got
Speaker 1: to see the best of the UK and the US
Speaker 1: on our TVs. Growing up. I fell in love with
Speaker 1: well written, fast paced jokes on shows like The Simpsons
Speaker 1: and the Quirkiness and shows like Dork Place. He explains
Speaker 1: how Australian crowds are different. Aussie crowds are wild, British
Speaker 1: crowds would be some of the most supportive, and Americans
Speaker 1: will cheer you so loud you think your rockstar. Aussie
Speaker 1: crowds are wild and an rulely bunch while on stage.
Speaker 1: I've been offered threesomes and drugs, but I've also had
Speaker 1: to dodge of glass bottles. I think humor is universal.
Speaker 1: We all like to pokepund at ourselves and those in power,
Speaker 1: but the delivery of that humor changes country to country.
Speaker 1: Australians tend to be much rougher and use some very
Speaker 1: foul language. We're all descended from convicts, so that shouldn't
Speaker 1: be a surprise. And that is your comedy news for today.
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